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The Celebrated Pork Pie Establishment, Skipton

Danger lurks on the A59 as you head towards the Yorkshire Dales. On the edge of the national park lies Skipton, home to the Celebrated Pork Pie Establishment, where you can purchase the most mouthwateringly delicious pork pies imaginable.

One bite and you’ll be powerless to resist their draw ever again. As you head up Malhamdale towards Wharfedale and Swaledale you’ll begin salivating in anticipation.

Each pie comes warm and crumbly straight from the oven, and it’s impossible to wait until they go cold before tucking in. In your haste to bite into them the contents are apt to spill out. But it’s worth ruining your clothes just to experience that melt-in-the-mouth taste.

Pork pies in the north are different from their cousins in the south, which tend to be dominated by the Melton Mowbray variety. The northern ones are simpler and a mile away from anything you might find